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Third Coast

The United States has an east coast and a west coast, but it's sometimes said to have a "third coast." In the 1960s and 1970s, the "third coast" was the Great Lakes region…

Purple Drank

"Purple drank" (also called "drank" and many other names) is a potentially dangerous drink that mixes cough syrup (containing codeine) with another drink, such as Sprite or rum…

North Austin (Stillwater, OK nickname)

Stillwater, Oklahoma is a college town (Oklahoma State University) that enjoys its music scene. Stillwater has recently been called "North Austin" (after the "Live Music Capital of…

Funkytown or Funky Town (Fort Worth nickname)

"Funkytown" was a 1980 disco song by Lipps Inc., from Minnesota. The place called "Funkytown" wasn't any particular city; it was, perhaps, a sexual reference. Fort Worth…

SA Town (San Antonio nickname)

San Antonio is sometimes called "S.A." or "SA" or "SA Town" (or hyphenated as "SA-Town"). It's pronounced like "say town," not the two letters…

Fort Worthless (Fort Worth nickname)

"Fort Worthless" is an unfortunate -- but probably inevitable -- nickname of the city of Fort Worth. The nickname was popularized in the late 1980s, when speaker of the United States…

Chili Capital of the World (Terlingua nickname)

The city of Terlingua was a ghost town that was re-invented in the 1960s as the "Chili Capital of the World." In 1967, the Chili Appreciation Society International began its first annual…

Countdown City or 210 (San Antonio nickname)

San Antonio has the telephone area code 210, so the city is sometimes called "210" or "Countdown City" (as in "2-1-0"). This borrows somewhat from the television show…

Big Money Texas or BMT (Beaumont nickname)

The city of Beaumont has been abbreviated "BMT" since at least the 1990s. "Big Money Texas" has been used to spell out "BMT" in print since 2003. Wikipedia: Beaumont,…

Boremont (Beaumont nickname)

The city of Beaumont is so unexciting to some that it acquired the nickname "Boremont" by the 1990s. The city has promoted itself with new, official nicknames and has added entertainment…

Fat Antonio (San Antonio nickname)

The city of San Antonio is often surveyed to have some of the fattest people in the United States. Some attribute this to the warm weather, which forces people to stay indoors in air-conditioned…

San Marvelous (San Marcos nickname)

The city of San Marcos is located between the cities of Austin and San Antonio, and is the home of Texas State University. The pleasant nickname "San Marvelous" -- surprisingly, not…

“Your News Now” (News 8 Austin slogan)

"Your News Now" is the slogan of News 8 Austin, the 24-hour cable news station from Austin, owned by Time Warner Cable. The station went on the air in September 1999. The slogan has not…

Texas Wontons (Tex-Mex Wontons)

Fusion between Chinese and Tex-Mex cuisines is somewhat new. The Cantonese cuisine that brought America egg rolls and wontons led to the popular 1990s dish of "Southwestern eggrolls."…

Cuernos (Mexican horn-shaped pastries)

Cuernos are Mexican horn-shaped pastries that are sold in Mexican bakeries (panaderias) all throughout Texas and in many supermarkets as well. Cuernos have been compared to French…

Conchas (Mexican shell-shaped pastries)

Conchas are Mexican shell-shaped pastries that are sold in Mexican bakeries (panaderias) all throughout Texas and in many supermarkets as well. The lightly sweet bread has a sugar-shell pattern on…

Casuey (South Texas term for “bucking”)

"Casuey" is a South Texas term for the "bucking" or "pitching" of a horse. The term (origin unknown) is rarely used today, even in South Texas. Cowboy Poetry at the…